Bicycle-lamp bracket



No. 624,845. Patented May 9, |1899.

J. A."MOSHER. BlcYcLE LAMP BRACKET.

(Application med sept. d, 189e.) (No Modal.)

, l VUNITED STATI-3s PATENT OFFICES.

.IGHN A. MOSI-IER, OF

CIIICAGo, ILLINoIs.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 624,845, `datent May 9, 1899. Application flied september' e, 189s. seria No. 690,287. (No modem' To all whom it may con/celata Be it known that I, JOHN A. MosHER, a citizen ofthe United States of America, and a resident of Chicago, county ofCook, and State otl Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bicycle-Lamp Brackets, of which the following is a specification and which are fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

The objects of the invention are to provide a simple, cheap, and efficient bracket and one which will admit of the application of the lamp to different parts of a bicycle and to provide for the changing of the vert-ical and horizontal angular position of the lamp with reference to thebracket. These objects are attained by the construction hereinafter fully described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which- V Figure l is a side elevation of the bracket as attached to a lamp. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, one of the positions of the bracket relatively to the lamp being indicated in dotted lines. Fig. 3 shows two views of the bearing-block used in the joint of the bracket. Fig. t is an elevation of the nut used in clamping the bracket to its support. Fig. '5 is a plan View of a portion of the bracket which is attached to the lamp; and Fig. 6 is a sectional View, upon an enlarged scale, taken on the line 6 6 of Fig. 2.

The bracket may be used in connection with any style of bicycle-lamp, a lamp-body being conventionally shown at X. A portion 'of the bracket which is attached tothe lamp consists of a pair of segmental-arms A B, projecting from and, as shown, being integral with a plate O, adapted to be secured to the lamp-body. The arms A B are of sheet metal, and the outer end vot' each is curved to the form of an arc of a circle, the two arcs being struck from a common center and being parts of the same circle. The extremeends of the arms are spaced apart a considerable distance-as shown somewhat more than ninety degrees.

`A pair of segmental bearing-blocks D E'are adapted one to each of the curved portions of the arms A B, the adjacent faces of the blocks being parallel.

The attaching or clamping end of the therein.

bracket consists of a pair of arms F G, formed of sheet metal and arranged side by side,

their inner ends being interfolded to form a `round hub,.as shown atfg, the circular portion of the arms being of sufficient width to tit snugly between the blocks D E and to enter and it within circular recesses formed The parts A B,- D F., and f g are clamped together by Vmeans of a bolt H pass- .ing therethrough, the-arms A B being provided with longitudinal slot-s ci and the blocks D E being centrally apertured, a Wing-nut 71j being applied to the end of the bolt. The joint thus formed may be iexed laterally, as indicated in Fig. 2, by loosening the nut h, the circular endsfg of the arms F G turning within the recesses of the blocks D E. The joint may be iexed so as to determine vthe angular position of the lamp by sliding The arms F G are drawn together by means l of a bolt M and a nut m, and they are given i such configuration as to adapt them for engagement with the portions of the bicycle to which it is desired to apply them. As shown,

the body portion ot' the arms are bowed out-` wardly, so that they may be applied to the steering-head of a bicycle, and the extreme ends of. these arms are bent outwardly and sharply recurved inwardly, as indicated at O, to conform to the coniiguration of the front fork of a bicycle as now ordinarily made. It will be understood, of course, that these clamping-arms ot' the bracket may be varied in form to adapt them to any part to which it vmay be desired to attachA the lamp.

I claim as my inventionl. In a lamp-bracket, the combination with 'a pair of concentric segmental diametrically- ICO p tachi'ng-arm having its inner end in the form of a round hub, the ends of the hub being adapted to the inner faces of the blocks, and means for securing the arm in pivotal engagement With the blocks.

2. In a lamp-bracket, the combination with a pair of concentric segmental slotted arms, of a pair of apertured bearing-blocks fitted Within the segmental arms, the inner faces of said blocks being parallel and each having a circular recess, an attaching-arm having its end bent to form a round hub adapted to fit and turn Within the recesses of the blocks, and a binding screw-bolt set through the segmental arms, the blocks, and the hub.

3. In a lamp-bracket, the combination with a pair of concentric segmental diametricallyopposed arms, of apair of bearing-blocks fitted Within the segmental arms, the inner faces of said blocks being parallel and each having a circular recess, and an attaching- .a round hub adapted to enter the recesses of the blocks, a screw-bolt for drawing the segmental arms together, and a screw-bolt for drawing the clamping-arms together.

JOHN A. IVIOSHERn VVilnesses:

LoUIs K. GrLLsoN, PAUL SYNNEs'rvEDT. 

